Replication Data for: Party campaign statements and portfolio allocation in coalition governments
version 1.0 (October 27, 2022)


Please cite the related publication:
Däubler, Thomas, Marc Debus and Alejandro Ecker (2022). "Party campaign statements and portfolio allocation in coalition governments." West European Politics. https://doi.org/10.1080/01402382.2022.2140397


The replication data include the following files:
- readme.txt (the present file)
- data_analysis.do
- simulation.R
- portfolio_allocation.dta


The replication data replicate the following results:
- conditional logit-regressions - Table 1
- simulated allocation probabilities by change in manifesto focus - Figure 1
- simulated allocation probabilities by change in campaign focus - Figure 2 
- conditional logit-regressions - Table A.3


Please replicate the following folder structure to ensure that everything works as intended:
your main directory replication files
|_ data
   |_ portfolio_allocation.dta
|_ out
   |_ *table_1.rtf (generated by data_analysis.do)
   |_ *table_A3.rtf (generated by data_analysis.do)
   |_ *figure_1.eps (generated by simulation.R)
   |_ *figure_2.eps (generated by simulation.R)
|_ scripts
   |_ data_analysis.do
   |_ simulation.R
|_ tmp
   |_ *results_model5.dta (generated by data_analysis.do)
readme.txt


The main data set portfolio_allocation.dta contains nested data on the allocation of ministerial portfolios with variables at three levels:
i) cabinet-level, ii) portfolio-level, and iii) portfolio-potential-party-level. See below for additional information.

variable name         			variable label
cabinet-level:
|_ country_id      			country ID
|_ country_cabinet_id			country-cabinet ID
|_ cabinet_name    			cabinet name
|_ election_date   			election date
|_ year            			year in
|_ cabinet_party_composition		party composition of cabinet
   portfolio-level:
   |_ portfolio_id    			portfolio ID
   |_ portfolio_name  			portfolio name
   |_ portfolio_party_id		actual portfolio-party ID
   |_ finance         			indicator variable - finance ministry
   |_ potential_portfolio_party_id	potential portfolio-party ID
   |_ group_id        			group ID
      portfolio-potential-party-level:
      |_ cmp_party_id    		party ID MARPOR data
      |_ wmp_party_id    		party ID CCDD data
      |_ pm_party        		indicator variable - PM-party
      |_ vote_share      		party vote share
      |_ cabinet_seat_share		cabinet seat share
      |_ salience_cmp    		issue salience MARPOR data
      |_ salience_wmp    		issue salience CCDD data
      |_ saliencepos_wmp 		issue salience CCDD data - positional statements only
      |_ outcome         		indicator variable - actual allocation